PEORIA -- Here's the news release for Vol. 21 of Downstate Story:
Ten new short stories by Illinois and Midwestern writers are featured in the 2012 edition of Downstate Story, Peoria's only literary magazine. For the first time Downstate Story has been published only on the Web at www.downstatestory.com.
The
writers in this issue are Pepper Bauer of Mapleton; Don Axt of Peoria;
Susan Duke of East Peoria; Elaine Fowler
Palencia of Champaign; Jim Courter of Macomb;
Kent McDaniel of Chicago; Terry Cobb of Harris, Missouri; Gary
Hoffman of Okeehobee, Fla.;
Bonnie McCune of Denver, Colo.;
and Stefani Christova of Longmont,
Colo.
Published by Downstate Story, Inc., an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, the annual publication aims to present original fiction by Illinois writers and writers with ties to Illinois and the Midwest as a quality alternative to today's mass-market publishing.
For this edition, Readers are asked for donations to help defray publishing costs on the Web.
Downstate Story’s new Facebook page can be accessed at www.Facebook.com/downstatestory.
DOWNSTATE STORY, Vol. 21, THE FACTS
1. Politically correct. Contributors paid for their work. No government funds used.
2. Something for everyone. Stories reflect diversity of authors, and include romance, horror, fantasy, mainstream fiction.
3. Promotes quality reading. Content realistic but not X-rated.
4. Promotes Illinois and Midwestern writers and artists.
5. Unusual concept for the arts. Provides outlet for local writers and artists to reach local audiences free.
6. Original work. None ever published before.
7. Quality work. Stories and art comparable to work in Harpers, Atlantic, The New Yorker.
8. No poetry.
9. No advertising.
10. Unique experiment in publishing, asking for donations instead of fee.
DOWNSTATE STORY, Vol. 21.
Authors: (Telephone numbers available on request)
Pepper L. Bauer, Mapleton, Il., [email protected]
Jim Courter, Macomb, Il., [email protected]
Don Azt, Peoria, [email protected]
Susan F. Duke, East Peoria, Il., [email protected]
Kent McDaniel, Chicago, Il., [email protected]
Elaine Fowler Palencia, Champaign, Il. [email protected]
Terry Cobb, Harris, Missouri, [email protected]
Gary R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, Fla., [email protected]
B.F. McCune, Denver, Colo., [email protected]
Stefani Christova, Longmont, Colo., [email protected]
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